Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry are a British rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued with a changing line-up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset. The group's name was inspired by the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer", from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. They are identified with their biggest hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most instantly recognisable song. They had nine charting singles in the UK, including two number ones, and five top 20 hits in South Africa.
History
Formation and original band: 1970–71
Mungo Jerry came to prominence in 1970 after their performance at the Hollywood Festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire on 23 May, which was their first gig under this name. Their show was well received and the organisers asked them to perform again on the following day. The band grabbed all the headlines in the UK music press as they stole the limelight from the festival headliners, Black Sabbath, Traffic, Ginger Baker's Airforce, Grateful Dead (their first performance in the UK), and Jose Feliciano. Their first single, "In The Summertime", the first maxi-single in the world, released on 22 May, entered the UK charts at No. 13 and the following week went straight to No. 1. Ray Dorset had to ask his boss for time off to do the UK TV Show, Top of the Pops.
Mungo Jerry (album)
Mungo Jerry is the debut album by Mungo Jerry, released in 1970.
Track listing
Side 1
Side 2
Personnel
Band
Technical
References
Podcasts:
Mungo Jerry
ALBUMS
- In the Summertime: The Best of Mungo Jerry released: 2007
- The Very Best of Mungo Jerry released: 2007
- Naked From the Heart released: 2007
- In the Summertime released: 2006
- Best of the Polydor Years released: 2003
- The Magic Collection released: 2003
- Premier Collection released: 2002
- Move On - The Latest and Greatest released: 2002
- All the Hits Plus More released: 2001
- The Hits and Some More released: 1995
- The Greatest Hits of Mungo Jerry released: 1989
- Impala Saga released: 1976
- Long Legged Woman released: 1974
- Boot Power released: 1972
- You Don't Have to Be in the Army released: 1971
- Electronically Tested released: 1971
- Mungo Jerry released: 1970
- In the Summertime released: 1970
- Greatest Hits, Volume 1 released:
- The Very Best of Mungo Jerry released:
- The Best of Mungo Jerry released:
- The Very Best of Mungo Jerry released:
- Zounds Best 'Alright Alright Alright' released:
- Mungo Jerry's Greatest Hits released:
- Baby Jump: The Dawn Anthology released:
- Best of Mungo Jerry released:
- Too Fast to Live and to Young to Die released:
- The Best of Mungo Jerry released:
- In the Summertime released:
- The Years of Mungo Jerry released:
- Greatest Hits, Volume 2 released:
The Very Best of Mungo Jerry
Released 2007- In the Summertime
- Alright, Alright, Alright
- Lady Rose (single version)
- Maggie
- Johnny B. Badde
- Peace in the Country
- Have a Whiff on Me
- Sad Eyed Joe
- Mother *!*!*! Boogie
- Somebody Stole My Wife
- You'd Better Leave That Whisky Alone
- Movin' On
- Coming Back to You When the Times Come
- The Sun Is Shining
- Ella Speed
- Hey Rosalyn
- Northcote Arms
- There's a Man Going Round Taking Names
- Simple Things
- I Just Wanna Make Love to You
Naked From the Heart
Released 2007- Motorbiking
- Ballad of a Teenage Queen
- Make Me Happy
- Come on Baby
- Hey Gyp, Dig the Slowness
- Play That Funkin' Music
- Go to Sleep
- Hippty Cat Mama
- Ten Little Woman
- Everybody Wants Someone
- I'm a Liar
- I've Got My Eye on You
- Let's Go
- We Will Never Be Allone
- I Walked Everywhere
- Staying at Home
- Staying at Home (single version)
In the Summertime
Released 2006- In the Summertime
- Baby Jump
- Have a Whiff on Me
- You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War
- She Rowed
- Ella Speed
- Alright Alright Alright
- Dust Pneumonia Blues
- Lady Rose
- Cold Blue Excursion - Ray Dorset (Solo)
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- We Shall Be Free
- Too Fast to Live and Too Young to Die
- Mighty Man
- Open Up
Best of the Polydor Years
Released 2003- Hello Nadine
- Never Mind I've Still Got My Rock 'n' Roll
- Impala Saga
- Quiet Man
- Don't Let Go
- Can't Get Over Loving You
- It's a Secret
- All That a Woman Should Be
- Lovin' in the Alleys and Fightin' in the Streets
- Heavy Foot Stomp
- Gone to Malaya
- Just Can't Say Goodbye
- Sur Le Pont D'Avignon
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- Lana
- Sugar Mama
- Hello It's You Again
- Goodtime Goodtime
- Baby Ride My Train
- We're OK
- Rocking on the Road
The Magic Collection
Released 2003- Wild Love
- Open Up
- Sugar Mama
- Baby Jump
- Just Can't Say Goodbye
- Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- Alright, Alright, Alright
- Put a Little Love in Your Letter
- Duke Street Stomp
- In the Summertime
- Lady Rose
- You Don't Have to Be in the Army Fight the War
- Mighty Man
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- Pushbike Song
- We're OK
Move On - The Latest and Greatest
Released 2002- So Lonely
- With a Girl Like U
- Do You Wanna Live With Me
- In the Middle of the Nite
- R U Ready 4 Sex
- Jump Up and Down
- Talk Is Cheap
- Luv Inn
- Partyland
- Where R U?
- No More Woman Blues
- Make Me Happy
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- Wynde Up 2 @ a Tyme
- In the Summertime 2001
- Yellow Gloves
- Wynde Up 2 @ a Tyme (radio mix)
All the Hits Plus More
Released 2001- Wild Love
- Open Up
- Sugar Mama
- Baby Jump
- Just Can't Say Goodbye
- Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- Alright, Alright, Alright
- Put a Little Love in Your Letter
- Duke Street Stomp
- In the Summertime
- Lady Rose
- You Don't Have To Be in the Army Fight the War
- Mighty Man
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- Pushbike Song
- We're OK
Impala Saga
Released 1976- Hello Nadine
- Never Mind I've Still Got My Rock 'n' Roll
- Ain't Too Bad
- Too Fast
- Ain't Gonna Work No More
- Impala Saga
- Bottle Of Beer
- Get Down On Your Baby
- Hit Me
- Quiet Man
- Never Mind I've Still Got My Rock 'n' Roll (Reprise)
- It's A Secret
- Something On My Mind
- How Can I Live A Lie
- Hey, What's Your Name
The Very Best of Mungo Jerry
- In the Summertime
- Baby Let's Play House
- Lady Rose
- Baby Jump
- You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight the War
- Wild Love
- Alright Alright Alright
- Open Up
- Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- Little Miss Hipshake
- Mighty Man
- I Just Wanna Make Love to You
The Best of Mungo Jerry
- In the Summertime
- Baby Jump
- Open Up
- Johnny B. Badde
- Lady Rose
- Little Miss Hipshake
- Long-Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- Mighty Man
- Don’t Stop
- Alright Alright Alright
- Somebody Stole My Wife
- You Don’t Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War
- Maggie
- Wild Love
- Memoirs of a Stockbroker
- Hey Rosalyn
- Northcote Arms
- Gonna Bop ’till I Drop
- Have a Whiff on Me
- Summer’s Gone
Zounds Best 'Alright Alright Alright'
- In the Summertime
- Baby Jump
- Lady Rose
- Hello Nadine
- Alright Alright Alright
- It's a Secret
- Forgotten Land
- Play for You My Drum
- Wild Love
- Lana
- Red Leather and Chrome
- Snakebite
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- Do You Wanna Live With Me
- Quiet Man
- All That a Woman Should Be
- Sugar Mama
- Statesbro' Blues
- We Gotta Get Out of the Army
- Miss You Tonight
- How Can I Live a Lie
Baby Jump: The Dawn Anthology
- Baby Jump
- Sweet Mary Jane
- You Better Leave That Whisky Alone
- Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
- O'Reilly
- Mother *!*!*! Boogie
- Daddie's Brew
- Baby Let's Play House
- Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die
- Hey Rosalyn
- Little Miss Hipshake
- Lady Rose
- See Me
- Tramp
- Follow Me Down
- Milk Cow Blues
- That Old Dust Storm
- Peace in the Country
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Hey Rosalyn
by: Mungo JerryHey Rosalyn, hey Rosalyn,
Woman with the beautiful eyes,I don't have to hear your lies,
You're going with another man, I saw you late last night,
He ain't no music man,
I can't stop crying, you've gone and left me all alone
Hey Rosalyn, hey Rosalyn,
Why did you have to go and leave the travelling show?
And go with the bearded man, whose house is full of gold,
Now I have to sing on my own,
Rosalyn I need you, I just wanted you to know
Hey Rosalyn, hey Rosalyn,
My eyes are set in deep, at night I cannot sleep,
I sit down on the rocks, you're lucky charm I keep,
Watching the sun going down,
Wishing I could hold you, run my fingers through your hair
Hey Rosalyn, hey Rosalyn,
I cry for the girl whose gone, but I must carry on
Playing in the travelling show, singing the sad sad songs,
I'm just a music man,
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